How La Guitarra Was Born
Long ago, there was a vaquero
who rode alone on the plains
except for his horse,
and his herd of cattle.
Latino/Chicano Poets
Latino/Chicano Poets, Poems, Tributes
The Two of Me
Like Frida, there are two of me. But they don’t sit next to each other, hold hands, or watch the
Latino/Chicano Poets, Poems, Tributes
It Is Magic
It is magic sorcery, spells, science fiction whatever one wants to call it, the truth is that there are incomprehensible
Latino/Chicano Poets, Poems, Tributes
Aching Knees in Palm Springs
My brother, Albert, and I, Spent one Thursday of our Winter break, Plucking patches of grass From four beds of
Latino/Chicano Poets, Poems, Tributes
Sonnet for Thunder Lovers and Primary Colors
When Sweet Nothings Just Don’t Cut It You’re more than soda fizz, than sparklers lit for kids at play, than
Latino/Chicano Poets, Poems, Tributes
Losses
Are you the woman who worked on her feet all day as factory forelady yet danced at night to a